Customs agent attacked with knife


Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 10:06 PM MDT


U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers were screening pedestrian traffic coming from Mexico. During the screening process, a young man pulled a knife from his pocket and attempted to stab the CBP officer.


On July 1 at about 3 p. m. Customs officers were screening pedestrian traffic coming from Mexico when they were approached by a young man.

The officers noticed that the man kept his hands in his pant pockets and was told to show his hands. The man stepped towards the officer as he pulled his hands from his pocket and attempted to stab the officer with a knife that he had been concealing in his pants pocket.

The officer was able to block the stabbing attempt. With the assistance of other officers the man was taken into custody.

The man was identified an 18-year-old US citizen and resident of Wilcox, Arizona.

CBP officers turned the man over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation and prosecution. The man was charged with Assault on a Federal Officer.

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Comments

    Wayne wrote on Jul 13, 2010 3:25 PM:

    " Probably the kid was high on some of the "user legal" drugs that are found all over the streets in Mexican border towns. Ever since Mexico legalized "user" quantities of hard drugs like meth and cocaine, U.S. persons think they have a drug nirvana in AP and Nogales....just to ame two places. Maybe we should start screening everyone coming into the U.S. for drugs in their system as well as concealed on their persons from now on. Hmmmm..... "

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